George french atwood



(No Model.)

' G. F. ATWOOD.

BOTTLE- STOPPER.

No. 490,405. Paltented Jan. 24, 1893. v

MW w GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECTAND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GEORGE M. FRENCH, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION formingpazt of Letters Patent No. 490,405, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed September 4:, 1891. Renewed June 30, 1892. Serial No.438.636. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FRENCH AT- WOOD, acitizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Stoppers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appert'ains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle stoppers, and it consists in the novelconstruction, and improvements hereinafter specified, whereby a stopperof cork or other suitable material may be readily drawn and preservedwithout injury for future uses.

Figure 1, of the drawings represents an external side view of my bottlestopper, and Fig. 2, represents a sectional view thereof placed in theneck of a bottle.

In the drawings A,represents a bottle stopper of the usual external formwhich is made of any suitable material but preferably of cork wood.Vertically through this stopper I form one opening or more, adapted toreceive and hold securely the lifting cord or wire, which is marked B,on the drawings.

The letter C, of the drawings represents a button preferably of wood butwhich may also be formed of any substance or composition that will bycontact work no injury to the contents of a bottle and be substantiallynot liable to oxidization or corrosion. I In this button is inserted aneye marked 01, to which the lifting cord or wire is attached. To providefor receiving said eye or shank within the stopper and away from thecontents of the bottle, I form a recess in the bottom of the stopper ofthe shape and size necessary for that purpose, and which when thestopper is completed will hold such eye orshank securely. This recess isshown in Fig. 2, of the drawings with the eye therein and is marked g.It will be observed that the lifting cord or wire has a loop above thetop of the stopper as shown at f.

This loop is usually formed by making the lifting cord of a single pieceof string or wire and attaching its free ends to the button as shown onthe drawings in Fig. 2.

A bottle stopper formed in the manner described is ready for use, carebeing taken that in all cases the upper surface of the button C, is ofless diameter than the bottom of the stopper, and its upper surfacewhich is preferably flat fits closely against such bottom.

In Fig. 2, of the drawings mystopper is represented when on duty in abottle, the neck of which is shown at H. To draw this stopper nocork-screw is required. The operator is only required to pass a commonlead pencil or other suitable bar through the loop and lift the stopperupward. The stopper is thus removed without being inj ured and may beused again indefinitely.

It is obvious that the shape of my button C, may be varied from thatherein described,

without departing from the nature and scope of my invention. As forexample it may be formed in a ball, conical, or elliptic shape, and willserve the same purposes as in the formI have represented. It is obviousalso that other methods than those I have described may be employed forattaching the lifting cord to the button,and I do not therefore d esireto limit myself to the precise methods I have set forth. J

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent A bottle stopper of cork or other suitable materialhaving a recess y, formed in its bottom and provided with the button C,eye 61, and lifting cord or wire B, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. SHEEHY, HoLMEs E. OFFLEY.

